>> COMING UP NEXT, WE ARE GOING
SCHOOL.
WE WILL LEARN ABOUT THEIR
PROJECT COMING UP AFTER THE
BREAK.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO HOUSTON
LIFE.
VILLAGE ADVANCES SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, ARTS AND MATH.
JOINING US ARE GABRIELLE AND
CARL AND STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FIRST OF ALL, WE TOUCHED ON
STEAM EDUCATION.
DESCRIBE WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?
>> IT THE ULTIMATE INTERWEAVING
OF SUBJECTS BUT WITH THE
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE WILL DO
WITH IT.
>> WHEN YOU GO ABOUT CREATING A
THAT?
>> IT IS ABOUT BUILDING CULTURE.
EMG
-- EDUCATORS WORKING TOGETHER.
IT IS TEACHER-TO-TEACHER AND
ADMINISTRATORS MAKING THE TIME.
>> IS THERE A BALANCE, LIKE THE
SAME AMOUNT OF ART AND SCIENCE?
HOW BALANCED ARE ALL THE
DIFFERENT SUBJECTS?
>> IT IS LESS ABOUT THE BALANCE
AND MORE ABOUT THE INTER WOVEN
COMPLEXITY.
SOME PROBLEMS REQUIRE A BIT
MORE SCIENCE.
SOMETIMES THEY REQUIRE MORE ART.
>> WE ARE SEEING VIDEO, BY THE
WAY.
LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF THE STUDENT
PROJECTS.
IT IS VERY HANDS-ON.
HOW CRITICAL IS IT THAT
STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY DOING
MORE THAN JUST READING A BOOK?
>> IT IS ESSENTIAL.
THIS IS SO WE CAN PREPARE THEM
TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OR THE
FUTURE.
MOST OF WHAT THE EDUCATION AT
STEAM IS ABOUT IS ENSURING OUR
STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO DO THE
THE WORKPLACE.
>> HOW DID THE STEAM CURRICULUM
APPLY TO THE YOUNGER ELEMENTARY
AGE KIDS.
>> AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IT
LOOKS LIKE HANDS-ON.
IT IS INQUIRY-BASED.
CHILDREN ARE ASKING QUESTIONS,
HELPING TO DRIVE THEIR LEARNING.
IT LOOKS LIKE PROJECT-BASED
LEARNING, WHERE STUDENTS ARE
POSED WITH A PROBLEM OR
CHALLENGE WHERE THEY LEARN A
PROBLEMS.
>> YOU WENT TO BOSTON TO M.I.T.
TO SEE HOW THEY DO THINGS THERE.
APPLY?
>> FIRST OF ALL THAT,
EXPERIENCE WAS, HANDS DOWN, ONE
EDUCATOR.
ALREADY THRIVING STEAM.
WE LEARNED WE NEED TO LET OUR
KIDS TAKE RISKS AND BE
SUPER-CREATIVE.
IN ADDITION TO LEARNING MATH
AND ENGLISH, THEY NEED TO LEARN
COLLABORATION SKILLS,
RESILIENCY, COMMUNICATION AND
PRESENTATION SKILLS.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO VERY
WELL.
>>> NICOLE, WE WILL GET TO YOU
IN A MOMENT.
BEFORE WE DO IS THAT, YOU HOLD
A STEAM SUMMIT AND BRING INALL
KINDS OF EXPERTS.
WE HAVE A CLI
LET'ROLL THAT NOW.
>> 85 OF THE JOBS NEED, SO KEEP
THAT IN MIND.
THEY WILL DO THINGS WE CAN'T
IMAGINE NOW SO TO PREPARE THEM,
THEY NEED TO BE CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVERS, RESOURCEFUL
AND RESILIENT, TAUGHT TO BE
COMFORTABLE AND WITH THEIR ROLE
AS CITIZENS.
TO FOCUS ON THOSE KINDS OF
HIGH-LEVEL CRITERIA TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
>>> SO GABRIELLE, THAT WAS
CHRIS BISHOP.
HOW CRITICAL IS IT YOU ARE
BRINGING IN EXPERTS LIKE THIS?
>> I THINK THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL
STUDENTS.
CHRIS BISHOP IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
HE STARTED AS A ROCK IN ROLL
MUSICIAN AND ENDED UP AT IBM.
THAT IS NOT DISSIMILAR FROM THE
THEIR CAREERS.
>> AS PART OF THE STEAM SUMMIT
WE MENTIONED THESE HANDS ON
PROJECTS.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM SOME OF
THE STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY
WORKED ON.
LET'S ROLL THAT CLIP.
>> TEACHING STUDENTS YOU THINK
FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
IT ALLOWS THEM THE ABILITY TO
AD VALUE AND CREATIVITY TO
PROBLEM SOLVE.
>> I LOVE THIS BECAUSE THEY
GAVE ME THE TOOLS TO CREATE AND
REFLECT ON WHAT I WAS DOING.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
CRITICALLY, REFLECT ON WHAT YOU
ARE DOING AND APPLY THAT TO A
MARKET IN A WORLD THAT'S
CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT YOUR FEET THAT. IS WHO I
APPROACH.
>> WE CAN LOOK AT A BOOK AND
READ BUT TO APPLY, WE USE
THINGS WE LOVE, LIKE ART, AND
APPLY IT.
WHEN YOU THINK OF SCIENCE YOU
FUN.
BUT THIS WAY YOU INCORPORATE
TWO MEDIUMS AND BRING THEM
TOGETHER, WHICH HELPED US LEARN
MORE.
CONSTANTINE.
PATIENTLY.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
THIS IS YOUR PROJECT YOU
BROUGHT WITH YOU TODAY.
TELL US WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
>> IN MY BIO HONORS CLASS WE
HAVE TO FOCUS ON A CELL AND
PARTS OF THE CELL.
INSTEAD OF JUST READING TEXT
AND MEMORIZING THE MATERIAL AND
WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T, WE
HAVE TO GO OUT, FIND MATERIALS
AT HOME TO MAKE A PROJECT THAT
SIGNIFIES A CELL.
THAT FOR YOU?
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
>> IT LOOKS SO GOOD.
VERY PROFESSIONAL.
HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT DOING YOUR
RESEARCH?
>> SO MY TEXTBOOK AND TEACHER.
AT THE VILLAGE COOL THEY ARE
VERY KIND AND VERY OPEN TO
HELPING US.
INSTEAD OF SAYING OKAY, LOOK ON
GOOGLE AND FIND OUT GOOD LUCK.
THEY ARE MORE ABOUT TRYING TO
TEACH US WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
>> NICOLE, IT LOOKS A HECK OF A
LOBETTER THAN MY SCHOOL
GRADE.